Industrial Agriculture, an Extraction Industry Like Fossil Fuels, a Growing Driver of Climate Change(Inside Climate News, Jan. 25, 2019)""Mega-sized farming encourages practices that degrade the soil, waste fertilizer and mishandle manure, all of which directly increase emissions of greenhouse gases. At the same time, it discourages practices like "no-till" farming and crop rotation that grab carbon dioxide from the air, store it in the soil and improve soil health. ... Agricultural policy has long emphasized over-production, propped up by government subsidies that favor certain crops. Lawmakers have been unwilling to change the system, largely because of a powerful farm lobby and the might of agribusinesses that profit from technological advancements.""

LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet(The Nation, Jan. 14, 2019) LA teachers strike for the survival of public education, as billionaires try to break up the school district for privately run charter schools. "Their strike will be the most bitter battle yet in the national teachers’ upsurge sparked by West Virginia last February."